Fencing
at the Games of the XX Olympiad

At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, eight events in fencing were contested. Men competed in both individual and team events for each of the three weapon types (épée, foil and sabre), but women competed only in foil events.[1]

Medal summary

Men's events

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Individual épée
 Csaba Fenyvesi
 Hungary		 Jacques Ladegaillerie
 France		 Győző Kulcsár
 Hungary
team épée
  Hungary (HUN)
Sándor Erdős
Csaba Fenyvesi
Győző Kulcsár
Pál Schmitt
István Osztrics		  Switzerland (SUI)
Guy Evequoz
Daniel Giger
Christian Kauter
Peter Lötscher
François Suchanecki		  Soviet Union (URS)
Viktor Modzolevsky
Sergei Paramonov
Igor Valetov
Georgi Zažitski
Grigori Kriss
Individual foil
 Witold Woyda
 Poland		 Jenő Kamuti
 Hungary		 Christian Noël
 France
team foil
  Poland (POL)
Marek Dąbrowski
Jerzy Kaczmarek
Lech Koziejowski
Witold Woyda
Arkadiusz Godel		  Soviet Union (URS)
Vladimir Denisov
Anatoli Kotetsev
Leonid Romanov
Vasili Stankovich
Victor Putyatin		  France (FRA)
Jean-Claude Magnan
Christian Noël
Daniel Revenu
Bernard Talvard
Gilles Berolatti
Individual sabre
 Viktor Sidyak
 Soviet Union		 Péter Marót
 Hungary		 Vladimir Nazlymov
 Soviet Union
team sabre
  Italy (ITA)
Michele Maffei
Mario Aldo Montano
Mario Tullio Montano
Rolando Rigoli
Cesare Salvadori		  Soviet Union (URS)
Viktor Bashenov
Vladimir Nazlymov
Viktor Sidyak
Eduard Vinokurov
Mark Rakita		  Hungary (HUN)
Pál Gerevich
Tamás Kovács
Péter Marót
Tibor Pézsa
Péter Bakonyi

Women's events

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Individual foil
 Antonella Ragno-Lonzi
 Italy		 Ildikó Bóbis
 Hungary		 Galina Gorokhova
 Soviet Union
team foil
  Soviet Union (URS)
Elena Belova
Galina Gorokhova
Tatyana Samusenko
Aleksandra Zabelina
Svetlana Tširkova		  Hungary (HUN)
Ildikó Bóbis
Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő
Ildikó Schwarczenberger
Mária Gulácsi-Szolnoki
Ildikó Matuscsák-Rónay		  Romania (ROU)
Ileana Gyulai-Drimba-Jenei
Ana Dersidan-Ene-Pascu
Ecaterina Iencic-Stahl
Olga Orban-Szabo

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Hungary (HUN)2428
2 Soviet Union (URS)2237
3 Italy (ITA)2002
 Poland (POL)2002
5 France (FRA)0123
6 Switzerland (SUI)0101
7 Romania (ROU)0011
Totals (7 entries)88824

Participating nations

A total of 298 fencers (233 men and 65 women) from 37 nations competed at the Munich Games:[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Fencing: 1972 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-02-06.
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